The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 24, 1909, Image 8
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said Saturday's paper Friday after
DURANT.
Durant. March II.?Quite a num?
ber of friends gathered st the hospi?
table home cf Mr. Jsmes Montgomery
ee a rabbit hunt on last Saturday.
Th? fan was great, but the rabbits
lair, the number killed, amounted to
fifteen After s sumptous dinner,
aetved In plc-nlo style, the crowd,
which wss about forty, gathsred In
ttM woods nearby and witnessed an
(putting fos ohSM, there were four?
teen dogs and the muslcsl sound
plisssd ths ear of the hunters.
Ilr and Mrs Hobt. Muldrow spent
?Mlurday night with relatives here.
If lee Pauline Brunson gave a house
patty last week. Misses Msry Hunley.
liar Henderson and Beulah Richard
asm wars smong the visitors.
Mrs. W. P. Montgomery, together
WH* s number of others will attend
the MoLees ousting In Mayesvllls
this week.
Mrs, Joe Brunson returned Friday
from a pleasant visit to relatives In
Cnlumbla.
LIGHTER DISPENSARY SAJLjfc.
Lfcaaor Sold This February than
ha Same Mo nah Last Year.
Columbia, March So.?Auditor |
I's report for salss In dispensaries
in South Carolina for February shows
a decrease of $71.000 eompsred with
ths'same month last year.
Following Is the statement of last
aaoiith's sales by counties.
Abt?vllle. . .t lt.00t.64
Alken. 25.917.88
tufort. 11.S17.20
ib?rg. 6,682.26
Barnwell. ll.SSt.76
Berkeley. 6.684.65
OelliYton. 6.SS6.65
Charleston. 41.8S9.S5
Calftoun. 4.355.12
Dorchester. 6,416.60
ralrflelld. a.' 11.11
Florence. 11,212.65
Hainpton. 4,166.65
Oeorgetown. 9,(88.60
Xershsw. n. 117.02
ilngton. . .. 6.127.05
6.?9S.33
Orangeburg. 13.(?00.25
Rlchlond . 28.1168.90
?amter. 14.724.45
Williamsburg. 6,950.61
Total.$261,446.82
TORNADO IN ALABAMA.
|ro Child Blown Into Fireplace
and Burned to Death.
Fort Depoelt. Ala. March 21.?
?ftly before 7 o'clock this morning
a tornado did oomlderable damage
to this vicinity. Ths loss was small
to ths vicinity of the town, but the
entire negro quarter, on the Norwood
Johnson place, was totally destroyed,
and a number of occupants of houses
tnjured. On the Buchanan place the
cottage of Miles Henderson, a negro,
wan blown Into splinters, he and his
wife suffering painful Injuries. Just
aast of Henderson's house another ne?
gro cottage was blown down and a
small child blown Into the fireplace
and burned to death. A number of
other houses were wrecked.
Safe- Blowers to bo Tried at Green
i vllle Reach Destination.
Greenville, March 21.?Garper
Moore, alias John Rutherford, alias
John Klnkle. alias Jake Barton, alias
CThkago Army, ths two noted yegg
snen. who were brought to this city
Heturday from Atlsnta and lodged
In the county Jail, to await trial at
the comlna term of the Federal Court,
are being guarded day and night.
The tw<> men. nt the request Sf the
FVIeral authorities, were placed in a
?ell to themselves, and day and nlghl
n man stands guard over them. Thai
Will be tried for rubbing the postoAOS
at Pelser, and also one In Carpenter
Brothers' tranch store In this cltv.
The Paflast po-?t ?iti ? .M>?d i>?r
aeabor S. 1907. and that of Carpenter
Brothers In tUf spring of last year.
Sheriff Polle is taking i-verv cau?
tion with his noted guests at the
their escaping. The Federal GoUrl
convenes the second week In April.
Jail, and there la no probability ot
and the trial of these two RtSfl isill be
fallowed with Interest not only In
Ortienvllle. but nil over the ccun?r\
Both men have served sentences > I
fore for yegglng
STATE CORN IEST ANNOUNCED
COL WATSON ANXIOUS TO BKKAK
RECORD FOR SIZE.
nuts as Many Farmers and Farm?
er*' Boys as Puaslbto to Enter Corn
(.rowing Contest?Points Out Ben?
efit* Already Secured?Conditions
and Prises.
Columbia, March 19.?Commission?
er E. J. Waston this afternoon gave
out aome Interesting information in
regard to the corn contest, for which
the Legislature made provision at the
laat session. The growing of corn Is
to be encouraged, and the conteat
opens an interesting field for compe?
tition. The contestants' manuala will
be sent out by Commissioner Watson
to those who wish to compete.
In discussing the plan Commission?
er Watson said today:
"The contests that we have already
held under Legislative appropriations
have proven of such immense value
to the Stats In dollars and cents, as
has been demonstrated by their in?
fluence upon the remarkable advance
made In the value of the corn crop In
South Carolina In the laat two years,
that I am exceedingly hopeful of far
better results from this year's contest
than we have yet obtained from any
of them. The change in the form of
the appropriation bill adopted by the
general assembly this year leaves the
matter of the conduct of this contest
entirely In the hands of the State de?
partment Instead of the commission,
of which I was a member in the past
two contests. This I regret, but I wish
to say that the gentlemen who have
acted heretofore on the commission
will be requested by myself to act
with me as heretofore.
"An active Intereat la being mani?
fested by the farmers In all parte of
the State in thla year'a contest, and a
considerable number of entries have
already reached this department. I
sincerely trust that ambitious farm?
ers and farm boys of every township
In South Carolina will enter the con?
test this year. It costs them nothing
to enter. I want to see as large a
number as possible participating in
this work, for even If there were no
other consideration, the lessons they
will learn In the keeping of dally rec?
ords, as required by the manual, will
be of Immense value to them and
their neighbors as well.
"In the general announcement that
I have Issued today it will be seen
that Instead of confining this year'a
contest to merely on acre, provision
is also made for competition on five
acres as well. Further provision is
made for prizes for farmers' boys,
who bend their energies to the grow?
ing of corn on one acre.
"I trust that the arrangement of
prises will stimulate not only the far-,
mers of the State, but their sons to
enter this year's contest freely, and
stimulate them to enter with a deter?
mination to win or be well up In the
list of those who obtain the maximum
yield."
This competition has been inaugu?
rated with a view to Increase grain
growers' profits by Increasing the
yield r,er acre, and also the quality of
corn and oata through simple meth?
ods of seed selection and proper cul?
ture. It Is so named from the fact
that It cannot but result in addlnt
thousands In the aggregate to the
profits of those engaged in agriculture
In this. State.
The contest will be conducted by
the State department of agriculture
of South Carolina.
Objects of the Contest.
1. To encourage proper selection
of seed and better care of soils.
2. To centre attention >pon varie?
ties that are superior for each section,
to Introduce seed of such varieties
that are pure and true to name and
to prove Ithat when such varieties are
grown under normal conditions It Is
not necessary to so frequently change
aeed.
3. To encourage better methods
of culture and harvesting, so as large?
ly to increase average yields per acre
and Improve quality.
4. To show that such results can
b? had at less expense of time, money
and labor than poorer crops when In?
crease In yield Is considered.
5. To Improve methods of market?
ing and conversion of crop into larg?
est possible caah return.
6. To Increase grain growerf
profits on each acre and each bushel
every year.
7. To promote the keeping of In?
telligent records and th?> uhc of busi?
ness principles In farming, to fostei
the farmer's prosperity and the wel?
fare of th?- whole people,
Nature of the Content,
i. Baal grower win !>?? required
to grow on< ? of crop.
L\ Each contestant can follow hh
own best judgment us to the selection
of st ed and soil und mod, of culture,
harvesting and IIMirketHlf.
3. Bash oontsi taut must report all
particulars rel.it,mm to growth. Ullage,
etc., on forum in Contestants' Manual.
Knien of the Contest,
1. Any person may OOmpete.
'i in r. are mm fees or dues.
2. Kueh contestant Is to furnish
one sample bushel of corn In the ear
from each acre grown, (except in
cases of five-acre contests, for which
one bushel is sufficient,) to be judged,
and then sold for benefit of expenses
of conducting contest.
3. Each contestant will mail a
pint of sample seed from his crop to
chemist designated tor analysis.
4. Each competitor must secure
the Contestants' Manual.
5. To enter contest, simply noti?
fy the commissioner of agriculture
and order Conestants' Manual as per
preceding paragraph.
6. Reports must be made on forms
prescribed in Contestants' Manual.
7. This contest to improve grain
growers' profits Is to cover the crops
planted In 1909 of corn.
beule of Points.
Each contestants' work, including
sample of crop, record and report,
will be Judged according to the fol?
lowing scale of points:
Points.
1. Purity and selection of seed.. 10
2. Methods of culture.25
8. Record or report?Its clearness,
accuracy, care bestowed upon
It, etc.IB
4. Yield of contest acre.25
5. Quality of crop, market grade,
salabillty, feeding value, etc.. 10
6. Profits resulting from the entire
operation.. ...15
Total points.100
The scale of points offers every In?
ducement to truthfulness, and by
means both apparent and secret, the
Judges will be enabled to exercise
righteous Judgment. There is no need
6r inducement for misrepresentation,
and anything of the sort will be detri?
mental to the contestant.
The Prises Offered.
Prize on scale of points for five
acres $125.
Prlxe on yield per acre for one acre
$50.
Prise on yield per acre for five
acres $75.
Second prize on scale of points for
one acre $50.
Second prize on yield per acre on
five acres $50.
Boys' prize for yield per acre on
one acre $25.
Total amount of prizes $500.
NEWS FROM SUMMERTON.
Farmers Ready for New Crop?Base?
ball Season Opens?Personal
Note.
Summerton, March 22.?With one
accord merchants, farmers, and
sportsmen alike are getting in shape
for another season's business. Heavy
freight is being received daily, and in
the stores clerks are engaged dis?
playing the new goods which Dame
Fashion has seen fit to put on the
market. This seems to signify a ris?
ing wave of business activity In that
direction.
On the farms, preparations for an?
other e*bp are being pushed forward
with unusual rapidity. Owing to the
phenomenally mild winter, greater
progress than is customary for this
time of the year has been made.
MoBt of our large farmers have plant?
ed corn; and some who desired so to I
do were delayed on account of the
scarcity of corn-planters. The de?
mand for these machines has been so
great that our two hardware stores
(Summerton and Colclough Hard?
ware Co.'s) have been unable to meet
It.
In the field of sport, the "ball was
started rolling" on Friday afternoon
by a game between the town team
md tho High .School boys, resultlnp
in a victory for the town. For a
week or more, the Bas'.bnll Park has
been alive in the afternoons with
players who are practicing for the
coming season. Summerton takes
great Interest In baseball, and al?
though she has never entered a league
she easily takes a place in the fore?
front of this State's amateurs. Be?
sides this, she has for a number of
y??ars furnished the State with two of
her best league players, who have
both signed up with Spartanburg for
the next season. Last year Mr. Fe?
lix Dingle was captain and short-stop
of the Sumter team, while Mr. J. Fred
Lanham caught for Sparenburg.
Lanham wil again land the goods for
"The Musicians" and Felix Dingle
will no doubt make them "happy."
Under the management of Mr. W. A.
Avant our local team did itself proud
last year, and is expected to maintain
its high standard during this year's
isrlea <>f games.
A troupe of traveling players is ix
peottd in Summerten next week to
play "Ten Nights in a r.ar-room."
The underlying moral of this play
will certainly meet with approval In
our tOWn, It WM only at the last
general election that this county vot?
ed the dispensary out, and arrayed
itself on the side of Prohibition, n
hj note-worthy that Sum rton's vote
was utmost unanimous In Its favor.
although thS motives prompting the
Watch our
"WALK OVER"
Window.
The Sumter Clothing Company?
voters were probably various; some
doing so for strictly moral reasons,
j others for business reasons, and still
others in hopes of that being a step
toward high license. One advantage
which the close of Manning's dispen?
sary will inevitably bring is an in?
crease of trade to Summerton.
We are glad to have with us again
Col. O. C. Scarborough and Hon. . J.
R. Dingle who have not long since
returned from the recent session of
the State Legislature. Both of these
gentlemen farm quite extensively near
this place, and one of them, Mr. Din?
gle has become a noted corn and
oats raiser. He will probably ag.ain
enter the State contest after having
once already carried off the prize for
the largest production of corn to the
acre. We must not expect Mr. Scar?
borough to devote his closest atten?
tion to his farm, as we understand
that he has something of greater im?
portance to occupy his time. In view
of his prospective race for railroad
commissioner in the next campaign,
we wager that he will not be idle
during the Intermediate months. For
as was said of "Col. Davy Crockett"
(whose coons always came down of
their own accord when they saw him
walking around the tree) he general?
ly goes after what he wants, and. is
pretty sure to get what he goes after.
Miss Annie Burgess who has been
quite sick at home for several weeks
has recovered sufficiently to resume
her duties as music teacher in the
Epworth Orphanage. She left for Co?
lumbia last Friday.
Mr. Henry C. Cantey and family of
Birmingham, Ala., are spending some
time with Mr. J. S. Cantey.
We are glad to note the return of
Mr. S. M. Colclough from hl? recent
j visit to Sumter, where he went for
medical treatment
We take pleasure in welcoming to
our town Mr. Strauss who has taken
personal charge of the business of the
Strauss-Rogan Co., in the absence of
Mr. T. S. Rogan, its former manager.
He could not do beter than to make
his home among us, and an excellent
opportunity for procuring a most de?
sirable residential site wtl be given
him at the auction sale on next Sat?
urday morning.
Our popular young physician, Dr.
L. C. Stukes, had the misfortune re?
cently of losing one of his horses by
sudden sickness. He has now re?
placed it with a much finer horse,
and is making his usual rounds in a
manner becoming to himself and
creditable to the town.
We were glad to see Mr. George
Tindal in town today on business. He
has control of one of the largest
farming interests in this county.
Admire a woman and she will re?
ciprocate, at least to the extent of ad?
miring your good taste.
The trouble with knaves and tools
Is that they haven't sense enough to
keep from being found out.
The Greenville board of trade has
invited the next Y. M. C. A., conven?
tion of the two Carolinas to be held
in that city.
"WALK-OVERS"
For Spring
$3.50 & $4.
The Sumter Clothing Company.
"WALK OVER"
Shoes
$3.50 & $4
The Sumter Clothing Company.
LIME :: CEMENT
HARD WALL PLASTER, SHINGLES,
j LATHS, ROOFING,
Fire '.Brick and Clay; Stove Flue and
JDrain Pipe.
. :. Building Material Generally. . :.
j HORSE, COW, H06 flWD CHICEElT FEED, j
Horses, Mules, Vehicles and Harness as
Usuai.
We still have some Milch Cows on hand.
BOOTH-HARBY LIVE STOCK COMPANY,
SUMTER,
S. C.
Our own sins grow fast behind our
backs while we are gazing at the
faults of our neighbors.
SPRING STYLES
"WALK-OVER"
OXFORDS.
The Sumter Clothing Company.
"WALK OVER"
OXFORDS.
$3.50 & $4.
The Somter Clothing Company.
Readers, Read
Stieffs Ads
Every Week
YOU will find them not only
interesting, but Instructive,
and If you expect to buy a
piano and will be guided by
our knowledge gained from
sltxy-six years' experience,
you can secure a piano that
will always be good, and buy
at the Right Price.
Watch^ For ; Special Bargains,
Write To-Day.
Chas. M. Stieff
Manufacturer of the
Artistic Stieff Shaw and
Stiff Seifplayer Pianos.
SOUTHERN ;WARERQOMS
5 W. Trade St.
CHARLOTTE,! [:: N. C.
C. H. Wilmoth,
. Manager.
15he Greatest VaJvies In
SPRING SUITS
For Men. and Young Men
a
o
BTAlNABLE in this City, are to be had here.
This you can easily prove to your satisfac?
tion by comparison. Look where you
will and then come see our large and su?
perb collection of
New Spring
Suits at
$7.50
-TO
$30.00.
In stylo, workmanship, finish and fit, you can
readily sec the superior value of our c'.othes over
others costing the same. If you would be posted on
the correct fashions, get the best there is in wear?
ables, and save money. Then come to this store
for Everything you need lrom Hat to Half-Hose.
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